for ShAwN, for mE : a constructed book
Constructed Artist's book with Tunnel and Accordion hand-painted and lettered interior, and pop-up elements. Raised hardcover with Army issue tourniquet held on by blanket-stitched combat infantry award badges.
Size when closed: 12" x 9"
Size when open: 12 feet x 9"
2013
A Book Arts workshop I attended required me to create an original handmade artist's book for a student show. This book is a result of that. It is based on a poem I wrote approx. 20 years ago, on the subject of a cousin who had died in the first Gulf War.
